Today we’re joined by Suzanne Duckett, founder of Onolla: The Natural Health and Beauty Edit, a concept store and experience platform which blends nature, science, beauty and wellness allowing you to put people as well as products in your cart.

As a renowned author and former health, beauty and spa editor for the likes of Tatler, Cosmopolitan and Good Housekeeping, Suzanne identified how many people had become disconnected with nature. Setting out to solve this, Suzanne launched Onolla in 2020 as a platform to foster a synergy between nature and urban city dwellers through a curated range of science-led, natural health and beauty products, practices & practitioners. Today, Onolla delights clients in person at their London store in Barnes and online, as well as their newly launched concierge service. 

Suzanne shares with us her experience transitioning into entrepreneurship from a journalism career and why good health and wellbeing is so vital for those embarking on entrepreneurial journeys. 

Suzanne’s advice:

• Use your toolkit of self-care and well-being practices to help discover what’s going to make you thrive. 
• Using a timetable to block your time can reduce stress 
• Tune into nature when it comes to making business suggestions.  Read
• Organise your meetings around the full moon because that's when people are much more open and up for talking. 
• Incorporate meditation into your working day. 
• Know the difference between motivation and inspiration. Motivation is often generated in the mind and triggered by the need to, whereas inspiration is something that comes from your spirit and it really gets you excited. 
• Everyone you need is on your phone right now. 
• You know so much more than you think you do.

If want to personalise a more natural, flowing way of living and working. Book a 1-1 with Suzanne.

Suzanne’s recommendations: 

• Shift is the desktop app for streamlining your accounts, apps, and workflows.
• The E-Myth: teaches us the difference between working on your business and working in your business.

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FF&M recommends: 

• LastPass the password-keeping site that syncs between devices.
• Google Workspace is brilliant for small businesses
• Buzzsprout podcast 'how to' & hosting directory
• Canva has proved invaluable for creating all the social media assets and audio bites.
• For contracts check out Law Depot.

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